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Has anyone read this free kindle book?

Posted: May 28, 2012

The book is a work of fiction but based on facts. I was blown away by what I read and learned from reading this book. It does not really surprise me that the drug company has put profits in front of human safety, but to put a drug on the market that is so toxic, it has a warning label that says to wear protective clothing when handling this drug and may be harmful if swallowed! Yes this the warning on AZT and they were passing it out to people who were not even sick! There is also the hypothesis that HIV and AIDS are not even related, which the facts presented cause me to lean towards believing that.

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That is an utterly stupid, error-filled pile of nonsense - sm

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Sorry, but that book is ludicrous. The author is a conspiracy theorist. What he claims is factually incorrect garbage. He knows it is, too -- that is why he calls it fiction.

The association between HIV and AIDS has been established. AIDS, with the deaths from opportunistic infections occurred BEFORE anyone was ever treated with ANY drugs. The first inkling that we had of a new disease killing gay men occurred when they started dying of Pneumocystis pneumonia and autopsy showed them to be infected by multiple other organisms and to have Kaposi's sarcoma.

If you are looking for something more worthwhile to read, try looking up the psychology of conspiracy theorists. It is far more interesting. and might help you see how to read critically so that you don't get sucked into believing divel like that book.

The fact that something is in a book does not mean it is correct.

Thank you! - I wanted to respond to the OP

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but whenever I read or hear nonsense like that, my head wants to explode and I lose the ability to communicate articulately.

Your very cogent, reasoned response was spot on. Thank you.

Sadly the nutcases and conspiracy theorists are able to accumulate followers among the gullible and ill informed and, as you pointed out, those who have not learned to read critically. That is where the danger lies. There is nothing to fear from the imaginary boogey men that exist only in the fevered imaginations of the whackos.

I like conspiracy theories as much as the next - but I can tell you from experience...

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I now am living with HIV which before I got treatment had developed into full-blown, CDC definition AIDS (down to about 10 T-cells) and literally at death's door. Within about 2 months after starting Combivir (AZT plus something else) and Sustiva. Now I just take Atripla (1 pill per day). My immune system bounced back and today I enjoy extremely good health and am looking forward to living long enough to retire.

Read this instead - Maggie May

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Read "My Own Country: A Doctor's Story" by Abraham Verghese. This isn't about AZT, but it's about how and when AIDS was first discovered. I found it to be a fascinating book.

HIV book - avidreader

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I have not read the book you refer to on my Kindle, but when I was in college, I read the book, And the Band Played On, by Randy Shilts. It was written 20 years ago and is still considered a masterpiece. It was also a nominee for the National Book Critics Circle Award. It goes into detail from the beginning in Africa through political issues to the flight attendant who carried it to the USA. Very interesting!!

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